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Rabbi Sufrin is the first identifiable Orthodox head of school to win this accolade.
The Shulchan Aruch notes that a priest who is in mourning for one of the seven close relatives does not bless the people during the Shiva period.
By JTA
Missile defense system has proved about 80 percent effective in previous rounds of fighting against Palestinian terrorists
Generally there is an issur de’oraisa to erase Hashem’s name, but here the Torah explicitly permits it.
Question: I recently returned from a trip abroad and wanted to say HaGomel. When I mentioned this to the officers of my synagogue, however, they told me – as per the instructions of the synagogue’s rabbi – that I would have to wait until Shabbos to do so. I was not given any reason for this and did not wish to display my ignorance, so I quietly acquiesced. Can you please explain why I had to wait? Name Withheld (Via E-Mail)
"I have no doubt you should pay the full value of the repair," replied Zvi, "but I'm willing to ask Rabbi Dayan how much you owe."
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Sanctified For Now And Thereafter ‘In Front of the Sun or Behind It?’ (Rosh Hashana 23b)
Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper reported Thursday that Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai, who is currently on a landmark visit to Israel, said he would ask Lebanese authorities to allow former members of the South Lebanon Army to return to their homeland. The SLA fought alongside Israel during the latter’s maintenance of the security sone, a 17-kilometer […]
Why can’t a man just admit it is wrong to steal but he wants to do it anyway?
Is parsha Naso teaching us how we should treat our children?
PLO Chairman Abu Mazen appointed a long-time political ally, Rami Hamdallah, to build the Palestinian national unity government with Hamas. Palestinian reports said Fatah and Hamas officials agreed on the list of names that will form the government. According to NRG, the sides still have yet to agree on the future of Riad Almaliki, the […]
Animal rights groups: Urban Adamah forfeits right to use words like compassion, respect, gratitude
From this decree on, the two days of Rosh Hashanah, unlike the two days of Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot, were no longer celebrated out of doubt but out of certainty.
Hashem understood their complaint and therefore selected the ritual mitzvah of sukkah to test them.
By dvora
“Daddy,” I exclaimed, “Is this how you daven?” Daddy’s response was a hearty laugh. I felt so proud of myself.
Palestinian violence? Israel's fault. No peace in region? Israel's fault. Just don't spoil the lunch by mentioning incitement.
Ukraine rebels are holding four European observers hostage, and shot down a gov't helicopter, killing 14.
No unity today for the Fatah and Hamas terror groups trying to form a single government in the Palestinian Authority.
Germany's leader, Angela Merkel, is the most powerful woman in the world according to Forbes Magazine.
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi swept the polls to become Egypt's new president Wednesday. Can he fix a broken nation?
Last week an Islamist group rallied at Al Aqsa mosque, calling to erase 'Jewish filth' at the Temple Mount.
The Jerusalem Day Parade as it marches down the streets of Jerusalem to the Old City on Wednesday.
The EU Commission boasted about its latest enormous infusion of cash into the PA and UNRWA.
No matter how many decades it’s been since the Holocaust, an ocean of hostility persists, capable of rising to tidal levels at any moment.
May we feel the pain of what is happening in Israel not merely as members of the Jewish nation but as members of our own family.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai and Knesset insider Jeremy Man Saltan talk about Tzipi Livni's mistakes and the possible end of the two-state thought with the introduction of the Bennett Plan
Saying “thank you” to people to whom we are indebted is humbling – especially if we’ve been raised in a culture of entitlement.
Jews do not fare well on campuses these days, particularly in the context of the debate over Israel.
The survey used by the ADL may actually reinforce and spread anti-Semitic attitudes.
Any Jewish state worthy of its name should encourage aliyah as a national goal of the highest priority.
On June 7, 1967, Jerusalem was reunited as the Jewish homeland's capital, as it had been 3000 years before.
It has long been clear to us that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is not prepared to negotiate with Israel if it means he’d have to make meaningful concessions.
Are women not as important as animals? Are they not our sisters? Are they not our daughters?
By Ed Lion
Beyond the severe discomfort there was also the danger of getting sunk by enemy submarines prowling the seas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu excoriated the European political establishment for turning a blind eye to the growing number of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel attacks across the EU.
By Ben Sales
“The values I learned from my parents are probably the same values I hope Christians and Muslims and Hindus and Buddhists teach to their people.”
Shurat Hadin: Boycott of Israeli professor violated anti-racism law. Aussie prof: I'll work with whomever I choose.
There are two elements to the name "Jerusalem," which must be unified for the City to exist.
Former defense minister says American involvement in negotiations pushes Israel, Palestinian Authority apart, slams Livni, Netanyahu, Lapid
An Iranian Revolutionary Guard officer, Colonel Mohammad Eskandari, was identified as the man that was beheaded in Syria last week. He was beheaded by the Al Qaida linked Al-Nusra Front Syrian opposition. Iran and Hezbollah support Assad in the battle for control over Syria, while Al-Qaida and the US support the rebels/opposition/freedom fighters. Iranian soldiers […]
500 bicycle enthusiasts are making currently making their way from Hebron to Jerusalem to celebrate Jerusalem Day. The bike trek, held in honour of terror victim Yitzhak Boanish HY”D, has become an annual feature of the holiday celebration. Malachi Levinger, head of the Hebron-Kiryat Arba city council, said “this is the 11th time that young […]
Just two days after the Pope visited Bethlehem, there was a fire in the Church of the Nativity. Coincidence?
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The police also found 150 9mm bullets and incitement materials.
Former IDF Chief Rabbi Mordechai Piron has passed away at the age of 93, the second to serve in the position.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The race has become a passionate, and at times a vicious affair, with supporters and lobbyists working to sling mud at opponents.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Jerusalem 360 is the largest panoramic project ever launched in Israel, enabling anyone to tour over 100 locations in Jerusalem.
The financially troubled Einstein College of Medicine will have Montefiore as its key financial manager; YU will continue granting the degrees.
Syria oldest synagogue was flattened and destroyed over the weekend.
By Batya Medad
There is a waiting list to get into many yishuvim, such as Shiloh, because of the severe housing shortage.
By Soeren Kern
In Paris, the Union of Islamic Organizations congress was turned into a platform for Muslim anti-Semitism.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai and Malkah talk about living in Jerusalem on Yom Yerushalayim, Jews murdered in Belgium, and the Pope in Israel.
The elimination of Jews was the top priority of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini.
Shimon Fitusi shares with his family how he helped capture Jerusalem in 1967, and ended up in the famous David Rubinger photo of the paratroopers at the Kotel.
Ottawa proudly hosts exhibit in its City Hall which honors Palestinian Arab mass murderers.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat helped lay the cornerstone for the reconstruction of the Tiferet Yisrael synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem, on Tuesday.
Beautiful Site, Joy of all the Earth; two of the seventy names provided for Jerusalem.
A federal judge instructed the IRS to respond to Z STREET's claim of political discrimination.
Israeli scientists are trying to add a Sefer Torah to the moon's holy book collection.
Children as young as 12 participate in rally calling for destruction of Israel and Palestinian Authority.
By dvora
“Never again, Lord, never again,” the pope implored. “Here we are, Lord, shamed by what man, created in your own image and likeness, was capable of doing.”
Fighting in Ukrainian city prevents Jews from leaving; Jewish Agency steps of to help
Bedouin villagers attacked a group of Israeli soldiers Sunday as the soldiers tried to issue demolition orders for their illegal encampment near Beer Sheva. The attack was not the first time villagers from the encampment have attacked Israeli officials: Several people were injured last August when Bedouins demanded Israel rescind the demolition orders and cancel […]
Despite Arab and left-wing warnings, no violent reaction by either Arabs or int'l Muslim community to visit.
A group of some 30 rabbis has called for sovereignty over the Temple Mount ahead of Jerusalem Day.
The Israeli government has hopes to put the kabash on cash transactions starting in fiscal 2015 budget.
When a newspaper long perceived to align with a particular political slant is actually transparent about that slant, does it say anything new about the paper?
By JTA
A crowd of approximately 2,000 gathered for a silent vigil in front of the Jewish museum in Brussels where an unidentified shooter killed four people.
Rav Amar blessed Eli Yishai, saying, "May all your enemies fall before you, and may you be raised up, and succeed in all your undertakings."
Taking risks for outreach is not easy and there have been spiritual pitfalls over the years.
The BDS leadership wants to punish Soros for Israeli investments; they are calling for an "aidcott."
By Moshe Herman
Yishai presents a recent Torah class he gave to students at Yeshivat HaKotel from the Book of Ruth. Listen in and get inspired!
The government is renewing a law exempting shmitta-observant farmers from arnona payments.
The teenagers in the video, then, were either injured non-seriously by rubber bullets, or faking for the camera.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“The best hidden treasures are here,” Lee told Tazpit. “Israelis have amazing innovative minds. You have 12 Nobel laureates!”
Eisenhower forced the residents of a nearby town to go to one of the liberated camps to see what their leaders had done.
Doug Goldstein speaks to chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley about what it takes to reach the top of one's field.
By Batya Medad
The pope's "even-handedness" was an affront by equating the State of Israel with that band of Arab terrorists.
Rabbi Moshe Tzedakah, rosh yeshiva of Porat Yosef in the Old City of Jerusalem, said Monday that individuals who intentionally went to see Pope Francis during his visit to Israel had become “tamei,” or ritually impure. According to the shteible.net website, the rabbi ruled that anyone who saw the pope’s face must bathe in a […]
Since taking office in 2003, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has moved to align Turkey with Islamist elements
An IDF soldier was arrested this week on suspicion he was involved in slashing the tires of an IDF vehicle and spray painting the words “price tag” and “death to the Pope” on an IDF vehicle. The soldier reportedly denied any involvement in the incidents. According to Honenu, a non-profit legal aid organization, the soldier, […]
A Turkish court has issued arrest warrants for four ex-IDF officers over the deaths of 10 Turkish citizens on board the Mavi Marmara.
By JTA
Amos Yadlin invites Saudi Prince Faisal Al Saud for talks on 2002 Arab Peace Initiative
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, a left-wing group that has accused Israel of “apartheid” and “collective punishment” and rejects Israel’s annexation of Jerusalem as “illegal” has issued it’s East Jerusalem By The Numbers report for 2014. As usual, the report focuses on Israeli “abuses” in the eastern part of the city, but fails […]
A leading Australian rabbi has set family violence and sexual abuse as top priorities for the country’s top rabbinic organization. “There’s nothing we shouldn’t be speaking about. Let’s talk about organ donation, let’s talk about child protection, let’s talk about reporting to the police, abortion, end-of-life issues,” Kluwgant told Melbourne’s The Age. Kluwgant assumes the […]
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Before approaching the Holy site the Pope received a briefing on the history of the Temple Mount by a guide using a three dimensional map.
A Gaza terrorist didn't make it home for lunch on Monday due to a 'work accident' in Jabaliya.
An Arab thief learned the hard way that it doesn't pay to steal from a yeshiva in Jerusalem.
Egyptians are headed to the polls today and tomorrow to choose a president for the second time since 2011.
The right to defend oneself is a basic human right. But in Israel, it is not G-d Who gives him this basic human right to defend himself, but the State. And the State really does not want its citizens to bear arms.
October 30, 2026 
